845
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This article is about the year 845. For the 845 vacuum tube, see 845 (vacuum tube).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 810s 820s 830s – 840s – 850s 860s 870s |
| Years: | 842 843 844 – 845 – 846 847 848 |
| 845 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 845 DCCCXLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1598 |
| Armenian calendar | 294 ԹՎ ՄՂԴ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -999 – -998 |
| Bengali calendar | 252 |
| Berber calendar | 1795 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1389 |
| Burmese calendar | 207 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6353 – 6354 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲子年十一月二十日 (3481/3541-11-20) — to —
乙丑年十一月廿九日(3482/3542-11-29) |
| Coptic calendar | 561 – 562 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 837 – 838 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4605 – 4606 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 900 – 901 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 767 – 768 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3946 – 3947 |
| Holocene calendar | 10845 |
| Iranian calendar | 223 – 224 |
| Islamic calendar | 230 – 231 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3178 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1388 |
[edit] Uses of 845
[edit] Events
- March 28—Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collect a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
- The Vikings also sack Hamburg and Melun.
- Persecution of Buddhists is started in Ancient China. More than 4,600 monasteries and 40,000 temples and shrines are destroyed. More than 260,000 Buddhist monks and nuns are forced to return to secular life.
- November 22 : Count of Vannes, Nominoe, defeats the king of Francia Charles the Bald at the battle of Ballon near Redon. No more toll is taken on Brittany, it becomes an independent state during seven centuries.
